Facebook quarterly profit climbs 9% to US$5.14b
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[SAN FRANCISCO] Facebook reported on Tuesday that its quarterly profit climbed in the recently ended quarter, but the world's leading social network - mired in a spate of controversies - gained fewer users than analysts had expected.
The company said profit had climbed nine percent to US$5.14 billion on revenue that leaped 33 per cent to US$13.7 billion in the quarter that ended September 30.
The number of people who used Facebook monthly rose 10 per cent to 2.27 billion, but analysts had expected that figure to be slightly higher.
